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New Year’s Eve. Culture tells us everyone will be partying all evening . . . lifting a glass at midnight . . . kissing a person nearby . . . and nursing a hangover in the morning. Maybe that is what your night has in store . . . but perhaps you find that a [...]
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Several years ago in December, some people asked me for a creative training opener. I posted a version of my idea on the earlier version of this blog then. Last Friday at Remarkable House, I used the exercise with our team at our annual Christmas party. It may be just what you need to make [...]
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In Tim Sander’s blog he closed his post yesterday with a quote from Stanley Marcus Jr, long time chairman of the retailer Neiman-Marcus. “You will never get dumber by making someone else smarter.” - Stanley Marcus, Jr. Questions to Ponder Do I agree with Marcus? What learning can I share with others? How [...]
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I first read Dale Carnegie’s classic How to Win Friends and Influence People 30 years ago. While that may seem like a long time ago to you, the book was already old then – it was written in the 1930′s. I read it again a few years later. I read it again, when was working on Remarkable Leadership. Why? [...]
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William James has been called “the father of American Psychology.” He was a trained physician and wrote voluminously. (Interestingly enough Ralph Waldo Emerson was his Godfather). He is most known for his self-trained work in psychology and philosophy. He is widely quoted 100 years after his death, and nothing he wrote is any more quoted that the powerful quotation that [...]
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In any coaching workshop I lead, or in any conversation with leaders that turns to coaching, the discussion of positive feedback will ensue. Here are just a smattering of the questions that come up. How much positive feedback should be given? Don’t people already know if they are doing it well? If I give them [...]
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Every leader, supervisor, coach, team member and parent has been told of the value of giving positive feedback. We’ve heard reasons why. We’ve heard we don’t do it enough. We’ve learned all of the basics about giving positive feedback successfully: make it timely, make it specific, and when giving positive feedback consider sharing it publicly. [...]
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I was inspired and convicted when I read Voltaire’s words: Paradise is where I am. Questions to Ponder How close is that to true for me right now? How often is that true for me? Action Steps 1. Take five minutes and define paradise for yourself Get beyond a palm tree, some warm sand and a [...]
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Congratulations. You’ve just been promoted. You are excited at the prospect. If this will be your first leadership/supervisory role, you may be unclear, uncertain and anxious. Even if this isn’t your first leadership rodeo, you likely have a bit of concern about the transition (if not you are either blissfully ignorant or in denial). And [...]
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Below is a post I wrote on June 8, 2004 on the earlier version of my blog. I reprise it today for three reasons. 1. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday. 2. To tell a powerful story that will hopefully have the impact on you [...]
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